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Every driver wants to be the owner driver of a Scania V8. Read what one ex-potato truck driver did to get his prize – a bright red, used Scania R520 at Truckpages.

Entering into the world of truck operation is no mean task. Especially when the company bosses have not run any HGV transport before.  In fact, only eighteen months earlier, the bosses of Forge Logistics had never run a van operation – in civvy street that is. Ex-servicemen Jamie Keen and James Rose-Shaw have recruited their…

They always say that the truck sales department sells the first truck and the parts and service departments sell the next ones.  It seems that is true for drinks wholesaler, Nectar Imports. The long-term relationship between Nectar and local Isuzu dealer Ferndown Commercials has been confirmed with the arrival of five new Isuzu trucks into…

Here’s a special edition truck from DAF that’s unlikely to grace the sales floors of their UK dealers.  The Unity special edition XF is meant to bring all the countries of Europe together with the country-specific colouring on the front of the cab. In light of the UK leaving the EU, (yes, remember Brexit?) it…

Hot on the heels of a deal for 20 Renault Trucks Range T tractor units, announced back in April, FreshLinc Group has now ordered a fresh batch of Mercedes Actros tractor units after just four weeks of setting an Actros demonstrator on the road it had followed-up with an order for 14 identical trucks. The…

Reaching around one third of a 140-strong fleet inside of five years is impressive for a relatively minor truck brand.  That’s what’s happened at Holdsworth Foods who have just bought another six Isuzu N75.190 refrigerated trucks having taken its first Isuzu as recently as 2015. John Hudd, operations manager at Holdsworth Foods said: With an…

Another haulier has opted for a new Volvo FH with I-Save technology in an attempt to reduce fuel bills. I.T.S. Transport’s new FH uses Volvo’s D13TC Euro-6 Step D engine with turbo-compounding and updated fuel-efficiency features.  With more torque available, less acceleration and fuel are needed to keep a steady speed in motorway traffic, making…

Listening to drivers wishes and an eye on the bottom line has led to Brian Easey Transport adding a fourth Volvo to its fleet, taking delivery of a new ‘FH Lite’ with I-Save. This set up is the most fuel-efficient 44-tonne tractor unit in Volvo’s truck range. The FH with I-Save combines the D13TC Euro-6…

If you run a vehicle breakdown recovery business, then you can’t afford unreliability in your own fleet.  That is why Recovery North West replaced a mixture of truck brands with six new DAF Trucks.  The acquisition consisted of four DAF XF and a pair of LF rigids.  Three of the XF trucks were 4×2 tractor…

Another operator increasing the percentage of Renault Trucks in their fleet is a Shropshire aggregate and landscaping supplier, Evans Aggregates. The business has added two Renault Range C 460 8×4 tippers to its fleet of 13 trucks. Why Renault Range C? The decision to add the latest Range Cs was made following an evaluation of…

If you have had 14 years of trouble-free service from your outgoing truck, then the replacement is likely to be a newer version of the truck. Although Transport and Hire Co-ordinator at Casey Plant Hire, Jane Parker, looked at other makes of truck as a benchmark, it looked like local dealer Thomas Hardie Commercials had…

If you were to see a truck delivering Mercedes parts to a Mercedes franchised car or commercial vehicle dealer, you would reasonably expect it to be a Mercedes truck. It seems you would be correct. Since the beginning of this year XPO Logistics has been delivering automotive parts to Mercedes-Benz Trucks, Mercedes-Benz Vans and passenger…

Some truck operators have their trucks standing idle – not so many others.  One example is South Caernarfon Creameries (SCC) in North Wales.  The company has just taken delivery of four new DAF trucks as the cheese and butter maker sees production volumes continue to increase year on year. Three new DAF CF 450 8×2…

There have been some surprising achievements arising out of the COVID-19 crisis. As a country we have built a series of intensive care hospital in a matter of days, some with as many as four thousand beds. Another example appeared this week from DAF Truck dealer, MOTUS Commercials who worked with a series of partners…

Renault Trucks have often said about their position in the UK market that if more truck operators gave them a trial, then they could demonstrate that the vehicles are at least as good as the competition. The foot in the door is the hardest thing for a truck salesman.  So, a quiet word in the…

This is an indication of the strength of a brand when it can remarket its secondhand trucks with ‘certificates of authenticity’. No doubt part of an original sponsorship deal, there are 24 low mileage, top spec FH Globetrotter XL tractor units for sale, all available through the Volvo Trucks used network. The only downside to…

There are lots of transport operators who buy used trucks.  They are typically those running small fleets of five vehicles or less.  Often, used truck buyers are those whose business is not operating trucks, but they need them to carry out their own business.  Take scaffolders or builders merchants as a couple of examples of…

Farrall’s Group has been buying Volvo Trucks for many years, so it comes as no surprise that their most recent truck order was for four 6×2 Volvo FH tractor units with Globetrotter XL cabs rated at 500hp and the I-Shift gearbox. The FHs – two replacements and two fleet additions – are built with a…

Truck Operators – Help Save the Planet Today, not Tomorrow There’s plenty of noise being made in the transport industry about electric and hybrid commercial vehicles being the key to saving the planet.  The cost and range/weight disadvantages of BEVs (Battery Electric Vehicles) mean that they are simply not effective for long distance road transport…

The outgoing Volvo FH tractor units belonging to concrete frame construction specialist MPB Structures never once missed a beat during the three-year contract.  That said, they were never worked as hard as many tractor units – covering just 80,000kms per year and often standing for days at a time on site. Mark Price, Transport Manager…